In the wake of the Communications Workers of America District 7’s rejection of a tentative labor deal with CenturyLink, the telecom giant and its largest union are scheduled to resume bargaining next week on a contract covering 12,000 workers.

The development comes after CWA president Larry Cohen called CenturyLink CEO Glen Post to discuss “where we go from here,” according to an update from union bargaining committee chairman Reed Roberts.

As a result of those conversations, the chairs from the respective bargaining teams will meet Wednesday through Oct. 11 “to hammer out an outline of a possible new agreement,” Roberts said in the update.

“Should progress be made in those talks, the two parties’ full committees would be brought in to formalize a new agreement,” he said.

The current contract, extended temporarily several times since expiring nearly a year ago, has been extended again through Oct. 11. After that date, either side must give 24 hours notice of its intent to terminate the contract, which had been set to expire Thursday.

The rejected deal was reached in July, after nearly a year of negotiations. CenturyLink employees have said they felt the union conceded too much.

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